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In Camagüey’s Calle Cuba Store, the US Dollar Is King

“If that Cuba is in US dollars, then I can’t go in,” complains an elderly Communist Party member.

My European colleague and I were walking through Centro Habana when he remembered he needed to exchange foreign currency for Cuban pesos.

“My generation was raised wondering how ordinary people could countenance an atrocity. In a grotesque twist, the question has circled back to us.”

Daily power outages continue to define the chaotic situation in Cuba, with almost inhuman impacts, especially outside the capital.

Industrial pollution, fecal contamination, and neglect mark day-to-day life for those who live in “El Fanguito,” beside the Almendares River.

The Cuban State press last spoke about the Antillana de Acero steel industry in December 2023. The positive news then turned to silence.

“They appeared in Cuba a few years before the pandemic. Immediately, the official press warned that they are a dangerous invasive species.”

“This is no longer justice; it’s exemplary punishment,” laments his brother, a lieutenant colonel in the Armed Forces.

Border “security” is an act of war. It’s time to look to the peacemakers, who just might hold the answers.

Unable to recover to pre-Covid numbers of visitors, is the Cuban tourism industry now about to boom or continue a steady decline?